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All voters in at least 44 states and the District of Columbia will be able to vote by mail in the elections in November since absentee voting was expanded for safety reasons during the pandemic. Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas are the only states where absentee voting will not be available to all voters. In those states it will be limited to those who meet qualifications such as being 65 or older, disabled, a military member or out of town on Election Day.
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“Please take a minute now to check that you are registered to vote by going to www.vote.org and entering your name and address. You can also find information about how to vote in your local community,” advised President
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Roach. “Every senior needs to make a plan for how they will vote now.”
For information on when and how to vote in all 50 states, click here. If you request an early ballot and do not receive it or have any complications with voting, go to www.vote.org.
New York became the 44th state to expand absentee voting on Thursday, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a package that includes new measures allowing absentee ballot applications to be submitted to the Board of Elections immediately.
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